Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1086 | |||||||||
| Model City Pilot Project | |||||||||
| Requester: | Carlos Gimenez | Organization: | City of Miami | ||||||
| Project Title: | Model City Pilot Project | Date Submitted | 1/13/2003 5:08:05 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Diaz de la Portilla | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Providing affordable housing to low-moderate income families. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | City of Miami | Contact: | Ronda Vangates | ||||||
| 444 SW 2nd Avenue | Contact Phone: | (305) 416-1037 | |||||||
| Miami 33133 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Includes the development of between 400-500 new homes over the next five years, intended to provide homeownership opportunities to residents in one of Miami's poorest economically deprived neighborhoods. Funding will be made available to assist qualified homeowners and prospective homebuyers in the rehabilitation or purchase of a home through the city's single family rehabilitation and homebuyers' financing programs, as well as homebuyers second mortgage financing, mortgage pre-qualification and counseling programs through participating partners. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Increased homeownership, decreased poverty levels. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $6,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $6,000,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | City of Miami-Revitalization Study | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/05/2002 | ||||||||